Recurrent Blister Formation in Setting of Poorly Managed Diabetes Mellitus

Bullous diabeticorum is a condition of unknown etiology with abrupt blister formation and spontaneous resolution. While commonly thought as rare, it is likely underdiagnosed resulting in mismanaged care and increased morbidity for individual patients. A shift in focus from empiric treatment to appro...

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Autor principal: Willcox, Michael J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31497455
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5029
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description Bullous diabeticorum is a condition of unknown etiology with abrupt blister formation and spontaneous resolution. While commonly thought as rare, it is likely underdiagnosed resulting in mismanaged care and increased morbidity for individual patients. A shift in focus from empiric treatment to appropriate diagnostic workup is critical for this condition in the diabetic population.
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spelling pubmed-67167502019-09-06 Recurrent Blister Formation in Setting of Poorly Managed Diabetes Mellitus Willcox, Michael J Cureus Dermatology Bullous diabeticorum is a condition of unknown etiology with abrupt blister formation and spontaneous resolution. While commonly thought as rare, it is likely underdiagnosed resulting in mismanaged care and increased morbidity for individual patients. A shift in focus from empiric treatment to appropriate diagnostic workup is critical for this condition in the diabetic population. Cureus 2019-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6716750/ /pubmed/31497455 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5029 Text en Copyright © 2019, Willcox et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Recurrent Blister Formation in Setting of Poorly Managed Diabetes Mellitus
title Recurrent Blister Formation in Setting of Poorly Managed Diabetes Mellitus
title_full Recurrent Blister Formation in Setting of Poorly Managed Diabetes Mellitus
title_fullStr Recurrent Blister Formation in Setting of Poorly Managed Diabetes Mellitus
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent Blister Formation in Setting of Poorly Managed Diabetes Mellitus
title_short Recurrent Blister Formation in Setting of Poorly Managed Diabetes Mellitus
title_sort recurrent blister formation in setting of poorly managed diabetes mellitus
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716750/
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